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Reforming The Ipcc’S Assessment Of Climate Change Economics

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  • GABRIEL CHAN

    (Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, 301 19th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55455, United States)

  • CARLO CARRARO

    (#x2020;Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, Isola di San Giorgio Maggiore, 8, 30124 Venice, Italy‡Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, San Giobbe 873, 30121 Venice, Italy)

  • OTTMAR EDENHOFER

    (#xA7;Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change, Torgauer Straße 12-15, 10829 Berlin, Germany¶Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Postbox 601203, 14412 Potsdam, Germany∥Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des 17, Juni 145, D-10623 Berlin, Germany)

  • CHARLES KOLSTAD

    (*Stanford University, 366 Galvez Street, Stanford, CA 94305, United States)

  • ROBERT STAVINS

    (#x2020;†John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 79 John F. Kennedy St., Cambridge, MA 02138, United States)

Abstract

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is broadly viewed as the world’s most legitimate scientific assessment body that periodically assesses the economics of climate change (among many other topics) for policy audiences. However, growing procedural inefficiencies and limitations to substantive coverage have made the IPCC an increasingly unattractive forum for the most qualified climate economists. Drawing on our observations and personal experience working on the most recent IPCC report, published last year, we propose four reforms to the IPCC’s process that we believe will lower the cost for volunteering as an IPCC author: improving interactions between governments and academics, making IPCC operations more efficient, clarifying and strengthening conflict of interest rules, and expanding outreach. We also propose three reforms to the IPCC’s substantive coverage to clarify the IPCC’s role and to make participation as an author more intellectually rewarding: complementing the IPCC with other initiatives, improving the integration of economics with other disciplines, and providing complete data for policymakers to make decisions. Despite the distinct characteristics of the IPCC that create challenges for authors unlike those in any other review body, we continue to believe in the importance of the IPCC for providing the most visible line of public communication between the scholarly community and policymakers.

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  • Gabriel Chan & Carlo Carraro & Ottmar Edenhofer & Charles Kolstad & Robert Stavins, 2016. "Reforming The Ipcc’S Assessment Of Climate Change Economics," Climate Change Economics (CCE), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 7(01), pages 1-16, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:ccexxx:v:07:y:2016:i:01:n:s2010007816400017
    DOI: 10.1142/S2010007816400017
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    Keywords

    Scientific assessment; intergovernmental panel on climate change (IPCC); scientific communication;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q5 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics
    • Q58 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environmental Economics: Government Policy

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